Telegram-herald., 1887-09-28


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| they DO know the tiEse. it IS al the mere
Necessary that they sho1id awake cut oi
sleep.
Ne kn0s thai Ne are living 10 the lssi
generation. the signs are beyond doubt that
show our whereabouts ln this world ;
history. sssre eiose 10 the end.
The apostle SAYS IN ths following verse
that Inc night Is Tar spent'-ihe long
| dark night OF Sin There are nov said 10
be fourteen hundred millions q people on
| the globe, only tour hundred miIt0ns Oi
whom are even said 10 oe Christians. Only
think o. H. over one hGadred millions who
are nos even n0u insilY CHRISTIANS
With tae exception Of . teS links. al The
lines 0f prophecies have been tulalied that
show thai THIS long dark night Of sln -
over.
Paul still further exhosts to cast OF the
| fks OF dArknsss WIS. are the works Of
darkness In Gal 5 1911. SC have this
lisl given; Adultery, fornlcati0n. M
cieanness, lasciyl0u Sness, idoistry, witch
| craft. hatred variance emulaiions. wrath,
| strife seditiOua, neTesies. envylngs. muir
| ders, drunkenness. Fevelngs aud such like.
| These are the WORKS Of aarkness that We
are 20 put OIL according 10 the exhoFtation
| Ot the apostle. We are TO Ghun them. TO
avoid them. have nOihing 10 do With them.
| And put on the armOr OF light, continues
tie apostle. And IN the same chapter Of
| Gsiziions where We found the works Of
darkness mentioned is also contained n list
Of the w0rks of light with which We should
be armed Here they are: Love, JOY.
peace. long suffering genteness, goodness.
I iaith. meekness. temperance" These are
tie features that should 20 10 make up our
arInOr, these We should have on anu wear
| them, they should be exemph-
fed IN our daily lives. in our Intercourse
with our fellow beings. IN our converSa-
| tons Unless we have on this armor we
shall not be able to resist the powers OF
| darkness Oh. may the Lord help us TO
nut on this armor and thus be the children
of the light.
In | Thess. we ind the same earnest
| exhortaiion TO watch and be sober.
These exhortaticns. being addressed di-
| recIly 10 the children of God. indicate that
there will De great danger OF their going TO
sleep. The apostle sets forth the fact that
| in the last days unbelief viii oe one of the
most besetting OF sins, and that We must
have on the breastplate OF faith. Oh, let us
! pat on that breastplate, or We shall be un-
| safe God has not fixed his DEGREES so that
| 1t is impossible for US to be lost-no, no.
| Unless we heed the injunction of the apos-
| tie we shall be lost. Says he apostle. lit
| Is high time" 10 awake out OF sleep. That
1 is, the time is SO far passed that there is not
a moment 10 be lost. We must be up and
| doing, and make all possible haste, for II is
| high time 10 awake out OF sleep. May God
| help us TO do so.
| The greatest danger that surrounds US is
this very thing-to 90 20 sleep; TO have our
| minds made drowsy, our sensibilities
bunted. to have no appreciatiye realization
OF our dangers.
John says that he saw a time when the
devil came down with great wrath, know
| ing that his time Is short. The meaning OF
| the expression Come down in great wrath. y
| signifies that although ne is really very
wrathy, vet ne does not make that appear.
| snce, bat on the contrary, he conceais hi:
! true sentiment and works with a view tC
deceive the world: he viii appear as ar
angel of light
Oh. let us awake out OF sleep aud grid on
the armor that we may Withstand the de
| csiving work of Satan, that we may be pre-
pared 10 avoid the works OF darkness and al
last crowned in the kingdom of Heaven.
Jesus is Coming Again" is the hymn
that was sung with great spirit after the ser
mon.
AT the same hour that service was held
in the pavilion Elder Olsen was preaching
in the Scandinavian language and Elder
sturenan in the Holland, each in sepe-at'
tents.
Mrs. f. G. White will speak in the paYil-
ion today at 80 =. N.